How rare is the name Jaelynn?

6,684 people in the United States have the first name Jaelynn, about 1 in 45,187. It ranks #3,218 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JAELYNN

#3,218

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,684
About
1 in 45,187
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,684 people named Jaelynn, 41% reported their origin as White, 28.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.1% as Black. 98.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaelynn peaked in 2010, when 605 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19842025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
605
In 2025*
121 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,508 babies have been given the name since 1984. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jaelynn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,202. The largest share of babies named Jaelynn, 55%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#20,45421
1990s#5,369357
2000s#1,4423,267
2010s#1,2024,656
2020s#2,2361,207
Millennials 1981–961.7%
Generation Z 1997–1255%
2013 and later43.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jaelynn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaelynn has been most common in Nevada (2.8×), New Mexico (2.5×), and Texas (2.1×), and least common in Alabama (0.31×).

7,749 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jaelynn

1 other first name also has 6,684 people.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaelynn, most common first.

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